Healy’s gritty ride in the race’s first mountainous stage gives him the overall lead while Simon Yates earns the stage 10 victory.

Ireland’s Ben Healy is still leading the Tour de France after Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen attacked from the start and won the 11th stage while race favourite Tadej Pogacar crashed near the finish on Wednesday.

Ben Healy rode himself into the ground in a nail-biting finale to become the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, as Britain’s Simon Yates claimed victory in stage 10 on Monday with a perfectly timed attack.